Iron muse : photographing the Transcontinental Railroad / Glenn Willumson.

Main entry:

Willumson, Glenn Gardner.

Title & Author:

Iron muse : photographing the Transcontinental Railroad / Glenn Willumson.

Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [2013]
©2013

Description:

x, 242 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-229) and index.
Preparing the ground -- Making the photographs -- Curating the archive -- Reproducing the image.

Summary:

"The construction of the transcontinental railroad (1865-1869) marked a milestone in United States history, symbolizing both the joining of the country's two coasts and the taming of its frontier wilderness by modern technology. But it was through the power of images--and especially the photograph--that the railroad attained its iconic status. Iron Muse provides a unique look at the production, distribution, and publication of images of the transcontinental railroad: from their use as an official record by the railroad corporations, to their reproduction in the illustrated press and travel guides, and finally to their adaptation to direct sales and albums in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Tracing the complex relationships and occasional conflicts between photographer, publisher, and curator as they crafted the photographs' different meanings over time, Willumson provides a comprehensive portrayal of the creation and evolution of an important slice of American visual culture."--Publisher's description.

ISBN:

9780520270947 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0520270940 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Hart, Alfred A., 1816-1908.
Russell, Andrew J.
Central Pacific Railway Company Photograph collections History.
Union Pacific Railroad Company Photograph collections History.
Central Pacific Railway Company Collections de photographies Histoire.
Union Pacific Railroad Company Collections de photographies Histoire.
Central Pacific Railway Company
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Photography of railroads United States History.
Railroads United States History 19th century Sources.
Photographie de chemins de fer États-Unis Histoire.
Chemins de fer États-Unis Histoire 19e siècle Sources.
Photograph collections
Photography of railroads
Railroads
Fotografi Förenta staterna historia.
United States
1865-1869

Form/genre:

Sources.
History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 285822
Call No.: BIB 225747
Status: Available

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